The clinical curriculum is designed to ensure that all fellows, regardless of their eventual career interest, are trained in all aspects of gastroenterology and hepatology. An emphasis is placed on interactive conferences, including Journal Club, Clinical Guidelines, Case Conferences, Endoscopy Conference, alongside traditional didactics. Fellows spend approximately half of their training engaged in scholarly pursuits under the guidance of an experienced faculty mentor. By the end of their training, fellows are well equipped to deliver excellent patient care and contribute to the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology.

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The Mount Sinai Hospital offers five positions in the Match for our fully accredited three-year Fellowship in Gastroenterology. The gastroenterology fellowship program participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Applicants should register with the NRMP in order to participate in the Gastroenterology Match. Applications for the Gastroenterology Match are accepted through ERAS (Electronic Residency Application System). We will only review applications that are processed through ERAS. Due to the heavy volume of applications we receive, we are usually able to arrange personal interviews with no more than 5-10 percent of our applicants. 

Visas: The institution only sponsors J-1 and H1-B visas. Candidates on a H1-B visa must have already passed all exam steps (I, II, and III) prior to coming to Mount Sinai.

3rd Year Fellows (Residency Program)
Salam Bachour, MD, MS (Brigham & Woman’s Hospital)
Eddie Cytryn, MD (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Stephen Lieto, MD (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Dina Zaret, MD (Mount Sinai Hospital)

2nd Year Fellows (Residency Program)
Nathaniel Ash, MD (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Ishaan Dharia, MD (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Brent Gawey, MD, M.S.(Mayo Clinic)
Smruti Rath, MD (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Natalia Schmidt, MD (Mount Sinai Hospital)

1st Year Fellows (Residency Program)
Jonathan Busam, MD (Cedars-Sinai)
Daniel Fulop, MD, MS (Mass General)
Meredith Kline, MD (U. Chicago)
Ankit Shah, MD (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Vamshek Srinivasan, MD MBA (U. Michigan)

See our list of graduates and where they are now.

Bhavana Bhagya Rao, MD
Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program
Associate Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)

Satish Nagula, MD
Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program

Christina Wang, MD
Assistant Program Director for Career Development

Nicolia Grierson
GI Fellowship Program Coordinator

Gastroenterology Faculty

Abhik Bhattacharya, MBBS, IBD
Bhavana Bhagya Rao, MD General GI
Christopher Cao, MD, General GI
Lawrence Cohen, MD, General GI
Louis Cohen, MD, IBD
Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD, IBD
Marla Dubinsky, MD, IBD, Pediatric IBD
David Greenwald, MD, Endoscopy, Colon Cancer
Ari Grinspan, MD, General GI, IBD, FMT
Robert Hirten, MD, IBD
Steven Itzkowitz, MD, GI Cancer, Medical Education
Jennifer Jo, MD, General GI
Maia Kayal, MD, IBD
Laurie Keefer, PhD, IBD, Psychology
Nikhil Kumta, MD, MS, Advanced Endoscopy
Aimee Lucas, MD, GI Cancer, General GI
James Marion, MD, IBD
Saurabh Mehandru, MD, IBD
Satish Nagula, MD, Advanced Endoscopy, Medical Education
Bruce Sands, MD, IBD
Brijen Shah, MD, Medical Education, Geriatric GI
Ryan Ungaro, MD, IBD
Pascale White, MD, General GI, Health Disparities
Serre-Yu Wong, MD, PhD, IBD
Dana Zalkin, MD, General GI

Hepatology Faculty

Jawad Ahmad, MD, Transplant, Advanced Endoscopy
Andrea Branch, MD, Hepatology, Research
Charissa Chang, MD, Transplant, Medical Education
James Crismale, MD, Transplant
Douglas Dieterich, MD, Hepatology
Scott Friedman, MD, Hepatology
Lauren Grinspan, MD, Hepatology
Joseph Odin, MD, PhD, Transplant
Kamron Pourmand, MD, Transplant, Medical Education
Thomas Schiano, MD, Transplant